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Appendix B

Table of State Law Requirements

STATE Disclosures of
Medical Information
Permitted for
Research
State Laws
for Human
Subjects
Protection
Conditions
Imposed on
Genetic Testing/
Genetic
Information
Genetic
Information
Defined as
Personal
Property
For
Anonymous
Data (or
Identity
Protected)
With IRB
Approval
or When
Federal
Rules Apply
ALABAMA ×
ALASKA × × ×
ARIZONA × × ×
ARKANSAS × ×
CALIFORNIA × × × ×
COLORADO × × × ×
CONNECTICUT × × ×
DELAWARE × ×
FLORIDA × × ×
GEORGIA × × ×
HAWAII × × ×
IDAHO ×
ILLINOIS ×
INDIANA × × ×
IOWA ×
KANSAS ×
KENTUCKY ×
LOUISIANA × × ×
MAINE × × ×
MARYLAND × × × ×
MASSACHUSETTS ×
MICHIGAN × ×
MINNESOTA ×
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI × × ×
MONTANA × ×
NEBRASKA × ×
NEVADA × ×
NEW HAMPSHIRE × ×
NEW JERSEY × ×
NEW MEXICO × ×
NEW YORK × × ×
NORTH CAROLINA × ×
NORTH DAKOTA × × ×
OHIO × × ×
OKLAHOMA × ×
OREGON × ×
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND × × ×
SOUTH CAROLINA × ×
SOUTH DAKOTA ×
TENNESSEE × ×
TEXAS × × ×
UTAH × ×
VERMONT × × ×
VIRGINIA × × ×
WASHINGTON × × ×
WEST VIRGINIA ×
WISCONSIN × ×
WYOMING × × ×
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